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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Background of Kant's Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Kant influenced by Leibniz?
(a) He had so many disagreements with him.
(b) He thought Leibniz was more intelligent than Hume.
(c) He agreed with him so much.
(d) He sided with Leibniz over Hume.

2. What did Kant have published before 1781?
(a) Nothing.
(b) "Critique of Judgment".
(c) "Critique of Pure Reason".
(d) A few unremarkable, short books.

3. What did Leibniz argue could allow us to know almost everything about the world?
(a) Religion.
(b) Reason.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Objectivity.

4. What type of truth is "Fido has brown spots"?
(a) A priori.
(b) A posteriori.
(c) Analytic.
(d) Synthetic.

5. For Hume to believe something, what did he need?
(a) Infallible belief.
(b) Reason.
(c) Inferential evidence.
(d) Empirical evidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the problem with Descartes' certain knowledge?

2. What philosophical school did Leibniz belong to?

3. Why was Kant's system revolutionary?

4. In which groups did "Critique of Pure Reason" cause a stir?

5. What is the category for something considered to be trivially true?

(see the answer key)

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